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Martha Argerich is one of the musical miracles of our times. Like exquisite wine, she seems to gain depth and new qualities with maturity.

Martha Argerich gives a rare solo performance in the final programme of her festival, performing movements from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons for the very first time. 

From Beethoven's “Ghost” Piano Trio to Schumann’s song cycle, Frauenliebe und -leben, an eclectic programme at the Martha Argerich Festival. 

Lilya Zilberstein, Gabriela Montero and Martha Argerich were just three of the pianists in this celebration of the piano in Hamburg. 

Piazzolla rubs shoulders with Lanner and Kreisler at the Martha Argerich Music Festival in Hamburg's Laeiszhalle. 

Gérard Caussé and Nicholas Angelich impress in Brahms, while Mischa Maisky joins Martha Argerich in Shostakovich. 

An enjoyable first live stream of the 2021 edition of the Martha Argerich Festival in Hamburg's Laeiszhalle.

All the music in their joyous concert was composed to delight the ear, and during a distressing pandemic there can be no higher calling.

A performance of Ravel's concerto to savour as a beacon of light and hope in these dark times. 

An unmissable recital as the Sommets Musicaux festival takes on an online incarnation. 

The duo shines in sunny Beethoven, cool Prokofiev and over-ripe Franck.

Martha Argerich hadn't played Chopin's Third Piano Sonata in public for at least 25 years... so this performance at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg came as a huge surprise.

Argerich sprinted through technical runs with her characteristic articulation and breathtaking technique, and made Prokofiev's Third seem like child’s play.

There was vibrancy and subtlety in these cultured performances of Schubert and Lutosławski, with Martha Argerich still showing how it’s done with ‘that’ Tchaikovsky concerto.

Argerich is predictably a force of nature in Tchaikovsky and Dutoit shows his mettle in Ravel and Stravinsky.

When did three such luminaries last grace the same concert, let alone the same first half?

Daniel Barenboim's absence may have confounded the all-Debussy programme but it left the Aix audience with a beautifully balanced recital.

Two rarely performed works are showcased by the Staatskapelle under Daniel Barenboim.

Three musicians at the top of their game – Martha Argerich, Janine Jansen and Misha Maisky – collaborated in a celebration of the joy of music-making that teased, astonished and ultimately stirred the emotions.

Martha Argerich made her highly-anticipated Cleveland debut in a stunning recital with Sergei Babayan, notably featuring the latter’s ingenious Prokofiev transcriptions for two pianos.

After a nine-year absence, Martha Argerich returned to Carnegie Hall with stunning Prokofiev with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

Few other pianists have Argerich’s naturalness, her ability to epitomize the essence of music rather than interpret it. 

The St Petersburg Philharmonic playing Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony – a work it premiered in 1937 as the Leningrad Philharmonic – was a highlight of a superb concert concluding its UK tour. 

Fifty years on, Argerich is still the legendary tigress of the keyboard, yet more besides.

The Filarmonica della Scala opened the season with a concert that celebrated its virtues and symbolised its ambitions. The presence of Daniel Barenboim, the former Music Director of La Scala, spoke of its inclusive doctrine.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, its Music Director Charles Dutoit, Principal Guest Conductor Pinchas Zukerman and Martha Argerich party in style with Rossini, Schumann, Bruch and Stravinsky.

Martha Argerich shows her star quality in an extraordinary, intimate rendering of Liszt's First Piano Concerto; the West-Eastern Divan orchestra make a big political statement in performing Wagner.

Together with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle, Martha Argerich gave herself and the audience the best present: Mozart, Beethoven and Scarlatti at the peak of perfection.

A packed audience congregated in Wigmore Hall’s temple to pay homage at a very special concert in which Martha Argerich joined Stephen Kovacevich to mark his 75th birthday. 

Last night’s concert at the Royal Festival Hall brought together three of the biggest names in classical music, performing two works that are somewhat more mid range in popularity within the repertoire.

Martha Argerich makes a triumphant return in her first concert with the Berlin Philharmonic in seven years. 

With musicians of this caliber, it is the soul of the music that matters not the mathematics, and Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer were nothing if not soulmates in this Istanbul recital.

Martha Argerich joined the Manchester Camerata and her friend Gábor Takács-Nagy for a memorable evening of Bartók, Beethoven and Pärt at the Manchester International Festival.

Das Schumann-Programm des Musikfests Berlin wird zu einer wahren Sternstunde.

Le festival « Les Coups de Cœur à Chantilly » du pianiste Iddo Bar-Shaï célèbre les 80 ans de la célèbre pianiste, avec Evgeny Kissin et Maxim Vengerov en guest stars.

Zu kontrolliert und selbstverständlich wirkten Ravels La Valse und Strawinsky, ein Musizieren mit angezogener Handbremse.

Brahms enflammé, Schumann passionné, Chostakovitch endiablé : rien ne résiste au duo formé par Mischa Maisky et Martha Argerich, qui déchaîne le public de la Philharmonie.

Concerto, symphonie, œuvres pour deux pianos ou cordes seules : voici le programme éclectique offert par Martha Argerich et l'Orchestre de chambre Franz Liszt dirigé par Gábor Takács-Nagy en cet après-midi de Fête des Lumières à Lyon.

Triomphe pour Martha Argerich dans le Concerto n° 1 de Liszt. L'Orchestre de l'Académie nationale de Sainte-Cécile livre une leçon d'orchestre sous la direction d'Antonio Pappano.

Né en 1922, Ivry Gitlis est non seulement un violoniste mais aussi un citoyen, témoin d'un siècle qu'il n'est pas loin d'atteindre. Retour sur l'hommage que la Philharmonie de Paris lui a réservé lundi soir.

Au milieu d'un week-end « Spirit », Martha Argerich était invitée à donner le Premier Concerto de Liszt. Pärt et Schubert étaient également au programme, par l'Orchestre symphonique de Lucerne.

Au Septembre Musical de Montreux, Charles Dutoit galvanise les troupes de l’European Philharmonic of Switzerland et séduit le public par l’excellence de son interprétation.

Argerich. Maisky. Jansen. C’est la promesse de voir le génie en acte, l’autorité musicale en robe d’insouciance.

Martha Argerich, Janine Jansen und Mischa Maisky wussten mit einem feurigen Konzert zu begeistern.

La gracilidad y una interacción perfecta coparon la partitura rusa, de una factura primorosa y que preludia, merced a su naturaleza misteriosa y sutil, páginas como el ballet Raymonda, de Alexander Glazunov. La reaparición de Baldocci también fue pretexto para intercambiar los instrumentos: un gesto que funciona como el correlato de la buena comunicación y una desenvoltura absoluta. 

Martha Argerich, Emmanuel Krivine et l'Orchestre national s'en donnent à coeur joie dans le Concerto en sol de Ravel avant que le chef s'embarque avec Sindbad le marin pour les mille et une nuits de Shéhérazade.

Martha Argerich und Daniel Barenboim geben im Rahmen der Festtage einen fulminanten Duo-Klavierabend in der Philharmonie Berlin.

Entre la gouaille chostakovitchienne et l’exubérance des batucadas, entre la sensualité brésilienne et le fatum d’un Tchaïkovski, il n’y avait qu’un pas, franchi par l’orchestre Neojiba et son chef Ricardo Castro, portés par la figure de Martha Argerich.